"Those loopholes will puzzle them, and I don't think they will care to come on again, for a bit." There was a pause for some minutes, and then, from the huts opposite, and from various points higher up the valley and behind, a dropping fire was opened.
"Keep out of the line of the windows, whatever you do, Surajah; and it will be just as well to lie down for a bit, until we see whether any of their shots come through the wall.

I think we are quite safe from the distant fire, but from the house opposite it is possible they may penetrate it.

Anyhow, don't stand in the line of a loophole.

A stray ball might find its way in." For a few minutes, the enemy fired away unanswered, and then Dick, who had been seated on the ground with his back against the end wall, got up and went along that facing the street, carefully examining it.
"I don't think any of their balls have come through, Surajah.

I should be able to see out into the moonlight, if they had done so.